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UK DRTV ADVERTISING BUOYED THROUGH COVID PANDEMIC
Systemic societal changes brought on by the pandemic have caused growth in TV viewing and buoyed the DRTV advertising industry in the UK....
Mar 26, 20212 min read


AS JEFF BEZOS STEPS DOWN AS AMAZON CEO HE HAS SET STANDARDS THAT ALL RETAILERS MUST NOW FOLLOW
As Jeff Bezos stepped down this month as CEO of Amazon in many ways his ubiquitous brand has reshaped the retail landscape forever,...
Feb 18, 20213 min read


NOVEMBER 2020 LOCKDOWN GROWS COMMERCIAL GAP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND DIRECT TO CONSUMER RETAILERS YET
During the year 2020 there have already been many fundamental changes to the UK retail landscape with consumers radically changing their...
Nov 4, 20202 min read


THE ONLY PREDICTABLE ASPECT OF MULTICHANNEL RETAIL IN THE ‘NEW NORMAL’ AGE IS THE ACCELERATED GROWTH
Every day the news from the multichannel retail sector points to a very stark dichotomy in fortunes – on the one hand a growing litany of...
Jul 17, 20202 min read


WHICH GLOBAL BRANDS WILL DOMINATE THE UK MARKET FOR SUBSCRIPTION VIDEO ON DEMAND IN 2020 AND BEYOND?
In the last six months of 2019 some of the biggest technology and entertainment global brands have entered the already highly competitive...
Jan 6, 20203 min read


WILL OTHER MAJOR BRANDS FOLLOW NIKE IN LEAVING AMAZON TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN D2C SALES STRATEGY?
Nike announced this week that they will be withdrawing from their two-year pilot trial with Amazon to take full control of their own D2C...
Dec 4, 20192 min read


THE IMPORTANCE OF D2C RETAILING IN THE 2019 MULTICHANNEL WORLD
In the 2019 multichannel retail world in the UK – the world’s most dominant e-commerce market by overall percentage of all retail sales –...
Nov 4, 20193 min read


THE GROWING REGULATORY CHALLENGE OF POLICING VIDEO CONTENT FOR ADVERTISERS ON BROADCAST PLATFORMS
The UK TV advertising market has been long established as the most stringent worldwide in relation to independent regulation, with all TV...
Aug 15, 20193 min read


OFCOM’S MEDIA NATIONS 2019 REPORT – UK BROADCAST CONSUMPTION IN RUDE AND EVER-CHANGING HEALTH
The recently published Media Nations 2019 Report from OFCOM clearly illustrates the changing power structures within the UK broadcast...
Aug 1, 20193 min read


SMARTRESPONSE LAUNCH NEW COMPANY WEBSITE
SmartResponse are pleased to announce today the launch of our new company website www.smartresponse.tv A deep felt thank you from us to...
Jul 28, 20191 min read


THE SOLVABLE MULTIFACETED CONUNDRUM FOR MULTICHANNEL UK RETAILERS
Not a week appears to go by without a household name UK Retailer announcing a Creditors Voluntary Agreement (CVA), multiple store...
Jun 12, 20192 min read


SMARTRESPONSE LAUNCH NEW TV SHOPPING CHANNEL IN JULY 2019
SmartResponse Media announce that as of July 1st, 2019 they will be launching a new TV shopping station on the Sky Digital broadcast...
Jun 4, 20191 min read


AMAZON – THE CONCURRENT BIGGEST THREAT AND BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY TO UK MULTI-CHANNEL RETAILERS
In a recent survey of major companies in the UK Amazon was unsurprisingly named as both the biggest threat and concurrent opportunity for...
May 14, 20192 min read


SMARTRESPONSE AND UPBEAT AGENCY LAUNCH SMARTSOCIAL PARTNERSHIP
SmartResponse, specialists in Direct Response TV and TV Shopping, are delighted to announce a new exclusive partnership formed with...
Mar 6, 20191 min read


A GOLDEN ERA FOR BOTH NEW AND ESTABLISHED UK DRTV ADVERTISERS…
As the UK linear TV airtime market has declined in recent years, and online purchasing has become ubiquitous amongst the mass market,...
Apr 15, 20183 min read


VOD – THERE IS CLEARLY ‘A DEMAND’, BUT MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT DRTV SUPPLY…
Successful DRTV advertising has always been about marketing products and services for the lowest possible costs, especially where DRTV...
Jul 17, 20153 min read


IT’S DRTV, BUT NOT ‘AS WE KNEW IT’….
The direct response TV (DRTV) advertising industry has always prided itself on its ability to convey the absolute return on investment...
Jun 28, 20152 min read


BLACK CLOUDS STARTING TO FORM ALREADY FOR RETAILERS FOR BLACK FRIDAY
During recent meetings with senior retailers in both traditional bricks and mortar and online space SmartResponse note how much of a...
Jun 9, 20152 min read


INTRODUCING SMARTRESPONSE
SmartResponse is a brand new agency that has been founded by industry experts, Pete Mills and Hannah Treble, in the specialist field of...
May 28, 20152 min read
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